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What is with all of this "My little pony" stuff? (The unofficial official MLP Thread)

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Conker said:
Do you think people dislike bronies because we watch a children's show, or because the show's primary audience is girls? I was reading a long essay on Kotaku today that talked about gender stereotypes, marketing, pink t shirts, and other random shit that all came together in some cohesive manor. Got me a thinkin.


I vehemently disagree
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Probably the "girls" part, mixed with the vocality of some MLP fans. The first one is a matter of rejecting people who don't fit their idea of "masculinity" and holding certain ideas on genders, thus those who don't adjust to those ideals are different and wrong. In all honesty, though, I find it hard to believe someone would outright hate a person for liking a "girl's show", at most they'd look at them weird. What do I know though, those people must cetainly exist.

The second is also related to the fact the show's everywhere to be seen on the Internet, and when that same love manifests itself in the real life, weariness-for-the-show sets in and everybody's inner hipster awakes. Not to mention some fans actually take their love a bit too far, from what I've heard (as in, becoming obsessed with it to unhealthy levels). I believe this reason is a much more likely source for "hate".

As for the third, no, Smile's not better :V
Anyway, to each their own. We'll just agree to disagree.
 
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Aleu said:
It worked earlier :c
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Well, when I clicked on it, that's what I got.
 
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Aristócrates Carranza said:
Probably the "girls" part, mixed with the vocality of some MLP fans. The first one is a matter of rejecting people who don't fit their idea of "masculinity" and holding certain ideas on genders, thus those who don't adjust to those ideals are different and wrong. In all honesty, though, I find it hard to believe someone would outright hate a person for liking a "girl's show", at most they'd look at them weird. What do I know though, those people must cetainly exist.

The second is also related to the fact the show's everywhere to be seen on the Internet, and when that same love manifests itself in the real life, weariness-for-the-show sets in and everybody's inner hipster awakes. Not to mention some fans actually take their love a bit too far, from what I've heard (as in, becoming obsessed with it to unhealthy levels). I believe this reason is a much more likely source for "hate".

As for the third, no, Smile's not better :V
Anyway, to each their own. We'll just agree to disagree.
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You want to know what I think? If a show is getting a lot of views, it doesn't care which audience it's targeting. At least it's targeting someone. And better yet, it's working. In the end, it all comes down to views, ratings and money. And apparently, MLP has all of those.
 
Heimdal

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Conker said:
Do you think people dislike bronies because we watch a children's show, or because the show's primary audience is girls? I was reading a long essay on Kotaku today that talked about gender stereotypes, marketing, pink t shirts, and other random shit that all came together in some cohesive manor. Got me a thinkin.
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People dislike bronies? ..I mean, particularly? No, I've never seen this in a notable sense. For everything you like, there are plenty of people out there who dislike it, and I haven't seen bronies suffer anything beyond this fairly universal concept.

Honestly, watching a children's show, and it being for girls, are both reasons people would view as silly or a bit embarrassing. However, hating on people for these reasons are absolutely as silly and embarrassing. Hating on someone for liking something so cute? What kind of cartoon villain do you have to be to do that? It's funny no matter how I look at it.
 
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Re: What is with all of this "My little pony" stuff? (The unofficial official MLP Thr

Heimdal said:
People dislike bronies? ..I mean, particularly? No, I've never seen this in a notable sense. For everything you like, there are plenty of people out there who dislike it, and I haven't seen bronies suffer anything beyond this fairly universal concept.
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What I see the most is the typical "Stop shoving it in out faces!".
 
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Hakar Kerarmor said:
What I see the most is the typical "Stop shoving it in out faces!".
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I see that too, and it's silly. It's a legit complaint with some things, but not in this case. "I hate how the radio is always shoving pop music in my face!!" Yeah, it's usually just a bullshit reasoning to blame something only because it's popular.
 
CannonFodder

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Heimdal said:
I see that too, and it's silly. It's a legit complaint with some things, but not in this case. "I hate how the radio is always shoving pop music in my face!!" Yeah, it's usually just a bullshit reasoning to blame something only because it's popular.
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With stuff like rebecca black and such I can understand.
 
Heimdal

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Re: What is with all of this "My little pony" stuff? (The unofficial official MLP Thr

CannonFodder said:
With stuff like rebecca black and such I can understand.
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Irrational solution: complain about the radio.

Rational solution: turn off the radio.

It's just silly to let something so minor be an issue only because you let it. You can blame society, but good luck with that, right?
 
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@ latest episode:
Maybe the reason you don't have your cutie marks is because the universe is tired of your whining and hates you.


*went into McDonalds yesterday*
*saw that they had switched to new toys*
MFW
my reaction
 
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Re: What is with all of this "My little pony" stuff? (The unofficial official MLP Thr

Hakar Kerarmor said:
What I see the most is the typical "Stop shoving it in out faces!".
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Well that and I find that some of the hate also comes from the same mindset that just doesn't like/understand furries: "What's the point, its a kids show, its horses - you LIKE the characters and the 'personality'? Dude that's creepy"
 
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Corto said:
Is that... is that Joker?
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Yes corto, yes it is.
 
Shànwàng

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Scott Evil took that picture when he was pitching an idea to Hasbro. I don't think he ever declared being a fan of the show.

That being sad. I am sad they're not going to end the cutie mark gag this season.
 
CannonFodder

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Shànwàng said:
Scott Evil took that picture when he was pitching an idea to Hasbro. I don't think he ever declared being a fan of the show.

That being sad. I am sad they're not going to end the cutie mark gag this season.
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Yeah the cutie mark crusader thing is getting old.
 
Heimdal

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CannonFodder said:
Yeah the cutie mark crusader thing is getting old.
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Like hell it is! Not enough epic rock operas have been done yet. I expect them to do another!
 
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Heimdal said:
Like hell it is! Not enough epic rock operas have been done yet. I expect them to do another!
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I have to admit the hearts and hooves day song was good.
 
Commiecomrade

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We're at episode 23.
Season one has 26 episodes.
Using definite integrals, that comes out to a total of 49.
Can anyone else believe we have that many episodes? It doesn't feel like that.
 
Heimdal

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Commiecomrade said:
We're at episode 23.
Season one has 26 episodes.
Using definite integrals, that comes out to a total of 49.
Can anyone else believe we have that many episodes? It doesn't feel like that.
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Can anyone else believe that Smallville had 10 seasons? That show was genuinely terrible.

49 MLP:FIM episodes does seem like a lot. But it's kind of jarring to realize how surprised I feel that a good show keeps going. 49 episodes is at least a hundred episodes short of what it deserves, at the level of quality it's going.
 
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